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Entablatures

Elaborated superstructures carried by the columns in classical architecture, horizontally divided into architrave, frieze, and cornice. Use also for similar features in other contexts, such as along the upper portions of walls.

Espalier

A fruit tree that is placed against a wall or other structure and trained, through pruning and manipulation of its branches, to grow in a flat plane, usually in a symmetrical fashion. The term espalier is derived from spalla, meaning shoulder in Italian.

Exedrae

Semicircular outdoor seats, usually of stone or concrete.

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